“The power of a text is different when it is read from when it is copied out. Only the copied text thus commands the soul of him who is occupied with it, whereas the mere reader never discovers the new aspects of his inner self that are opened by the text, that road cut through the interior jungle forever closing behind it: because the reader follows the movement of his mind in the free flight of day-dreaming, whereas the copier submits it to command.”
Walter Benjamin
“True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.”
Henry David Thoreau
“To read between the lines was easier than to follow the text.”
Henry James
“I would define the poetic effect as the capacity that a text displays for continuing to generate different readings, without ever being completely consumed.”
Umberto Eco
“In English, we teach people how to read critically. Movies are texts, so we teach students to read them with more understanding and potential with interpretation. If you know how to read it, it will mean a whole lot more to you,”
William Palmer
“When you make as many speeches and you talk as much as I do and you get away from the text, it's always a possibility to get a few words tangled here and there.”
Dan Quayle
“When waiting for a text from the person you love it feels as though a second is an hour but when you are with that person an hour feels like a second.”
Germangirl24
